By Shelli Romero ODOT and Friends of Trees kicked off the third season of the I-205 Multi-Use Path greening project last month. The Oct. 22 planting in the Parkrose Centennial area of Portland took place near TriMet’s Park and Ride facility and along the east side of I-84 just north of Sandy Boulevard. The “I [...]
Tags: Green Space Initiative, I-205, Metro, ODOT
Friends of Trees is honored to receive a $10,000 grant from REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) in Portland to support two Green Space Initiative plantings along the I-205 Multi-Use Path and $5,000 from REI in Eugene for natural area restoration work in the Eugene-Springfield area. This fall and winter mark the third planting season of the [...]
The Skanner just published this informative story about the upcoming Equity Bike Ride on August 25, which will include a portion of the I-205 Multi-Use Path where Friends of Trees volunteers have planted thousands of trees during the past two years. Below are excerpts from Helen Silvis’s story, which you can read in full on [...]
Tags: bike, Green Space Initiative, I-205, Metro, ODOT
It only takes a minute. Whether or not you’ve heard of our three-year partnership with the Oregon Department of Transportation, Metro, and more than a dozen other groups to plant trees along the I-205 Multi-Use Path, we need your feedback! Please spend a minute or two to answer these seven quick questions so we can [...]
